docs: def set_proxy(self, proxy):
          """ Sets a HTTPS proxy to query the Twitter API
  
          :param proxy: A string of containing a HTTPS proxy \
          e.g. ``set_proxy("my.proxy.com:8080")``.
          :raises: TwitterSearchException
          """
  
          if isinstance(proxy, str if py3k else basestring):
              self.__proxy = proxy
          else:
              raise TwitterSearchException(1009)